Thanksgiving

We had plans to go Grandma's today, but she got sick and had to reschedule. When we told Lukas our plans had changed, he said in this sweet little sad voice "well, where are we going to have Thanksgiving?" Thankfully, Giant Eagle was open this morning and off I ran to get chicken, rolls, potatoes, corn, stuffing and gravy. I threw something together very quickly just to give him some sort of dinner on Thanksgiving. It was actually pretty darn good for being last minute! We spent our Thanksgiving with just the four of us all day. Landon and I watched some of the Macy's parade, Lukas played Wii most of the day, and we did a whole lot of lying around watching TV. Ben and I think this is one of our best Thanksgivings yet. It was very relaxing to stay home in comfortable clothes and do absolutely nothing. We will be having turkey dinner on Saturday at Grandma's and on Sunday at Great Nanny & Pappap's. So, we didn't mind that we didn't have turkey today. We also watched Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving. Lukas is at the age were he enjoys traditions. These are the moments that make the holidays special.

We are so thankful to have two healthy, happy boys, a wonderful family, great friends, our health, our jobs, a roof over our heads, and most of all each other.

The boys and I did this artwork using their hands. They thought it was so much fun!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Bowling Boys

Lukas and I made these cute bowling boys. I was really impressed with the way they turned out. Lukas even picked out the ribbon himself. He seems to have a great eye for coordinating colors and materials. Lukas and Landon love playing with them. I may have to get more wooden pieces and do a set for Landon. They have been fighting a lot lately and didn't last 5 minutes before they were on the floor wrestling each other. Plus, it's inexpensive, fun, and they are just too cute!

Crafty Kidz

On Saturday, we took a trip to PatCatan's. We went on a mission to find little wooden boy pieces to make our "bowling boys" project. While we were in the wood section, Landon found a train and Lukas found a truck. We let them get those and they couldn't wait to get home to paint them. Landon kept saying the entire trip home "I wanna go home and paint my train."

Lukas painted his in camo and did an excellent job. We were very impressed with his artist skills. He finished it off with some Army stickers that he also picked out at the store. Landon painted his train blue and green. He did a fabulous job. He really surprised us at how well he did and how long he participated. We only had to fill in a few spots he missed. Our boys love to paint! Since the boys enjoyed this so much, we'll have to plan a trip soon for another creative project.

LOADS of fun!

It was a typical Saturday at the Remaley house. We got up, started laundry, yard work, grocery shopping and doing other stuff around the house. Landon thought it was so much fun to play with the laundry basket. He kept wanting us to cover him up with our comforter. He'd hide underneath for a good while then pop up. It's amazing that these little things around the house can entertain children for hours. We just had to post this...enjoy the clip!

Gorgeous Day

This Saturday was absolutely beautiful...Sunny & Warm! Of course we were all outside enjoying this beautiful day. The tree in our yard finally turned, but it's not as pretty as past years. Lukas wanted to rake leaves and of course Landon had to help! It was funny to watch them with the huge rakes, especially little Landon:-) We hope everyone is enjoying the last few weeks of Fall!

Mommy's Boy

Landon made MY DAY when I came home from work today. Every evening he greets me at the door with a great big smile and big hug. Today, he was following me every where I went and when I was getting dinner ready, I asked him what he did today and he said in his sweet little voice "I missed Mommy!" It was absolutely priceless and wish I could have got that moment on video. I definitely got my "Mommy's boy". I'm so blessed to have two sweet boys!

Teacher Conference

We had parent/teacher conference this afternoon with Lukas' teacher. Everything is going well academically and he's right on track. She gave us a folder with some of his work and reviewed his progress/report card with us. We are all the same page, which is great. They only thing he really needs to "grow on" is Letter Formation. She made a two sided template and gave us a dry erase marker for him to practice. She knew that this was our main concern and we appreciate the extra help. We showed it to Lukas and he thinks it's great. He used it a few times this afternoon/evening.

She also told us that he "shines" in:
Spelling
Math
Listening:-) (yes, she had a smile face beside that one)
Very polite

This week he also brought his science text book home to show us. He loves science! We really like that she sends home the text books so that we can review them. Lukas really enjoyed reading and reviewing the book with his baby brother. It was so cute to watch Lukas explain everything to Landon. We are so proud of our little man. Keep up the great work:-)!

1st grade school picture

We got Lukas' school picture today! We really like it. We think he smiled like this on purpose to show off his new smile:-) Can you believe he lost his first tooth 2 days before picture day. LOL!